Photo exhibition opens today as part of #50th Anniversary of Punch, other programmes will run till March

A three-day photo exhibition, as part of events marking the 50th anniversary of PUNCH newspapers, opens in Lagos today (Wednesday), with a former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in Lagos State, Steve Ayorinde, as curator. The photo exhibition, showcasing iconic photographs from PUNCH’s rich archive, comes next after the ceremonies marking the newspaper house’s […]

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Renowned economist, Henry Boyo, passes away

Renowned economist and public intellectual, Dr. Henry Olajide Boyo, has passed away. He died in London on Monday, November 18. He was aged 72. Dr. Boyo was the Managing Director of Cocosheen Nigeria Limited, Lagos. He wrote extensively on the Nigerian economy in his syndicated columns which appear in several national newspapers, like Daily Independent, Punch, Vanguard, etc. […]

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The Trump Sucker Punch, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

American founding fathers extended the philosophy of liberalism by demonstrating to us a popular system of government designed to prevent the election of a driven, explosive, know-nothing demagogue as democratic leader. Until the emergence of Donald J. Trump, liberal democracy based on equal representation and co-equal arms of government with separate powers was seen all […]

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